May 01, 2023 Arts and Culture Nassau

ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THE MEETING TOGETHER FOR MAY 1ST FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU COMMITTEE

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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WITH US. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO IT'S OVER HERE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO WELCOME LAUREN TO OUR NEW BOARD.

OUR BOARD. SHE'S THE NEW MEMBER.

WE'RE THE OLD MEMBERS.

AND WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND JOINING US.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU.

HAVE YOU ALL RECEIVED THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL MEETING?

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

SO IT'S THE COMMITTEE.

YEAH. CHANGE THE WORD.

YEAH. IT'S JUST THE WE HADN'T WE DIDN'T FINALIZE IT AT THE APRIL MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE.

THE MINUTES THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

SECOND. SECOND.

GOT IT. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. WE ARE APPROVED AND THE MINUTES ARE ACCEPTED WITH ONE CHANGE.

OKAY, SO I SEE WE HAVE A MEMBER WHO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR US, SIR.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

I'M A LOCAL ARTIST.

AND DO YOU WANT TO USE.

THEY WANT YOU TO MAKE IT A LITTLE.

YOU COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. I'VE NEVER DONE ONE OF THESE BEFORE.

YOU'LL BE GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'LL BE GREAT. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

MY NAME IS JOHN CIPRIANI.

I'M A LOCAL ARTIST, AND I HAD LEARNED OF THIS MEETING AT AN ARTIST GROUP THAT I BELONG TO WITH THE SHADY LADIES.

AND SO I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD STOP AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW I MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO.

I THINK OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE, THAT ARTISTS ARE PROBABLY A RESOURCE.

GOOD. DO YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT FORMAT YOU WORK IN OR.

WELL, THAT ACTUALLY, SIR, WAS ONE OF MY MY QUESTIONS.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT YOU FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT.

SCOTT WILL TELL YOU, SOME TIME AGO I TAUGHT T'AI CHI CH'UAN FOR THE CITY.

THAT'S CERTAINLY AN ART FORM.

IT'S A MARTIAL ART, BUT IT'S AN ART FORM.

IT MIGHT COME UNDER PERFORMANCE ART.

AT PRESENT, I WORK PRIMARILY IN LEATHER.

IN LEATHER LEATHER.

SO IF IT'S MADE OUT OF LEATHER LEATHER, I MAKE IT.

FANTASY MAPS OF AMELIA ISLAND AND NATURE THINGS AND FUNCTIONAL PURSES AND BAGS AND THINGS.

SO DID YOU MAKE YOUR BAG? YEAH, I MADE THAT OKAY.

I WAS EYEING IT EARLIER.

I WAS LIKE, THAT'S A NICE BAG.

YOU TOO. COULD HAVE ONE.

YEAH. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL THEY EXPLAINED ARTS AND CULTURE TO YOU FROM YOUR LADIES MEETING AT THE GALLERY.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT MEETING THAT WE WERE WE ATTENDED WITH THEM, BUT WE ARE A COUNTY WIDE ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS, PROMOTES AND

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RIGHT. SO WE'RE NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY MEDIUM.

OKAY? WE ARE, IN FACT, CHARGED WITH APPROVING AND HELPING ARTISTS WHEN THE CITY OR THE COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR PUBLIC ART SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE METAL SCAPE THAT'S AROUND.

AND WE ALSO PROVIDE GRANTS TO ARTISTS OR ART ORGANIZATIONS THAT EITHER HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS FOR KIDS OR THE YOUTH MARKET OR FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

SO WERE YOU A AS YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE PIECE, IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU FELT WAS A SPECIAL CLASS JUST FOR SENIORS AND YOU FELT THAT FIT THE PERFORMANCE THING, YOU COULD APPLY TO US FOR A GRANT TO HELP YOU PUT THAT PROGRAM ON SO WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DISCIPLINE. WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE ALL THE RESIDENTS ARE SERVED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE FAIRY DUST THAT THE ARTS AND COUNCIL SPRINKLES ALL AROUND THE COUNTY.

WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IT, BUT THAT'S OUR MISSION.

OKAY, SO HOW YOU FIT INTO THAT? YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME AT ANY TIME TO SIT IN WITH US, TALK TO THE ISLAND ARTS ASSOCIATION AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE GALLERIES.

ARE YOU COORDINATING THROUGH AIR? BECAUSE I AM A MEMBER.

THEY ARE A GROUP THAT WE SUPPORT THROUGH ONE OF OUR THEY'RE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.

SO IN ORDER TO BE A MEMBER OF ARTS AND CULTURE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE A 500 AND 1C3.

ALL RIGHT. WHICH SHADY LADIES IS NOT BECAUSE THERE ARE FOR PROFIT SOMETIMES.

MY SISTER IN LAW IS ONE OF THE OWNERS OF SHADY LADIES, SO I CAN I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM ANYWAY, BUT BUT I THINK HAVING INPUT FOR US FROM THE WHOLE ARTS COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT, WHETHER IT'S FOR PROFIT OR NON PROFIT, BUT TO BE REPRESENT A AN ORGANIZATION, THE REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATIONS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE ESSER OR 500 AND 1C3.

WOULD IT BE CORRECT UNDERSTANDING THEN TO SAY THE ARTS AND CULTURE? I'M SORRY? IS IT ARTS AND CULTURE IN ARTS AND CULTURE? NASSAU IS THE UMBRELLA OVER ALL OF THE DISPARATE 501 C THREE SECONDS THAT SERVE, CORRECT? OKAY. YOU CAN.

YEAH, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.

MAYBE THIS IS THE WRONG TIME, BUT IT KIND OF FEELS AS THOUGH MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK IN THE FUTURE.

NOT THIS MINUTE, BUT AS A RESULT OF MEETING YOU HERE TODAY, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE VOLUNTEERS.

WE SHOULD HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WHEN WE HAVE SPECIAL PROJECTS.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT A501.

SEE AT THE MOMENT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T SUPPORT US OR US HELP SUPPORT YOU THROUGH BEING INVOLVED.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT HAVING VOLUNTEERS IS PART OF WHAT WE DO.

FEELS LIKE A GREAT WAY TO INCLUDE OTHERS.

THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE.

ARTS AND CULTURE.COM.

YOU'LL FIND A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO, WHO WE SUPPORT, HOW WE DO IT.

BUT YOU'LL ALSO FIND A FORM THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU CAN FILL IT OUT, SEND IT IN TO US AND VOLUNTEER FOR A PROJECT.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WERE TO HAVE A BOOTH OR A TABLE AT THE SHRIMP FEST, FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE, WHICH WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD CALL UP SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WANT TO WORK WITH US ON THAT AND, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER AT THE BOOTH OR IF YOU WANTED TO BE PART OF A COMMITTEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE FORMING IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE A SOURCE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES.

I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO KNOW WHO THE ARTISTS ARE THAT WE LIVE AROUND.

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT SCOTT KNOWS WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU ARE, AND STAY UP WITH US ON WHAT WE DO.

STOP IN WHENEVER YOU WANT.

TELL US WHAT'S WHAT'S NEW.

BUT YEAH. WOULD YOU SAY ARTS AND CULTURE? NASSAU, IN ADDITION TO THIS UMBRELLA SORT OF GOVERNANCE LEADERSHIP ROLE, DO THEY HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT, I GUESS I'LL CALL IT, AT THE PROGRAM LEVEL? OR IS THAT YOU'RE ENTRUSTING A CITY OTHERS TO COME UP WITH PROGRAMS? SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MENTIONED SENIORS, RIGHT? WHEN I STARTED IN DETROIT, IT WAS I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 15 YEARS, SO IT WAS A WHILE AGO, BUT I DID A LOT OF WORK, HOSPITAL CLASSES, SENIOR CLASSES.

THOSE WERE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, NOT NECESSARILY, BUT IT WAS THE ART FORM HELPING PEOPLE WITH THEIR HEALTH ISSUES.

SO FROM A PROGRAM STANDPOINT, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHO DO I GO TO TO TO BROACH SUCH A PROGRAM OR SUGGEST SUCH A THING THAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL.

SO AND DOES IT FIT SO TO THAT POINT, ANN FREEMAN, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, ACTUALLY PROVIDES ART INSTRUCTION AT THE NASSAU.

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SO I TEACH CLASSES AT COUNCIL ON THE AGING AND THEY'RE ALWAYS WILLING AND LOOKING FOR NEW PEOPLE.

SO THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE THAT'S A VERY AND THEY'RE ALL SENIOR CITIZENS.

THEY HAVE THEY JUST HAVE A VARIETY OF THINGS.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY A PLACE WORTH LOOKING INTO.

SO AGAIN, JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I WILL SHARE THIS IN THE COMMUNITY, I WANT TO SHARE IT ACCURATELY PROGRAMMATICALLY.

WE SHOULD GO TO THOSE 501 C THREES UNDER THE UMBRELLA AND SAY, HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS AND THEY'LL BE THE CHAMPION, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARTS AND CULTURE.

WOULD THAT BE HOW YOU WANT TO DO THINGS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SPECIFICALLY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT YEAH, THEY'RE THE THEY'RE THE TRIBUTARY THAT COMES BACK TO US.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO, SO WE DON'T WE DON'T DO CLASSES OR PROGRAMS, BUT YOU'RE PROMOTING AND SO WE NEED WE NEED SOMETHING TO PROMOTE.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE CONCEPT, AS YOU SAID, THE FAIRY DUST IS OUT THERE.

BUT THEN AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, WE'VE GOT TO GET DOWN IN THE IN THE MUD TO DO SOMETHING.

SO, YEAH, IF YOU IF YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY, START OUT WITH HOOKING UP TO ONE OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS OR DIRECTLY WITH THE SENIOR GROUP.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY, A WHO'S WILLING TO TO VOLUNTEER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY ACTUALLY HAS A TALENT THAT THEY COULD SHARE.

THOSE ARE GREAT THINGS THAT EVERY COMMUNITY WANTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND STEPPING OUT.

OKAY. STAY IN TOUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL JUST VIEW THAT, IF I MAY.

AND ABSOLUTELY IF I CAN HELP OUT, I'LL GO TO THE WEBSITE.

THANK YOU. THANK. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE.

THAT'S FINE. VERY GOOD.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS IN YOUR AGENDA.

[6.1 Final Approval of Rack Card]

THERE'S A FRONT, THERE'S A BACK AND THERE'S A PRICE.

HOW MANY ARE WE MAKING? SO I GOT A QUOTE FOR $500.

500. WELL, AND THE QUOTE $181.71.

OKAY. SO WHAT I'M THINKING, SCOTT, IS IF YOU GAVE EVERY ONE OF US 50, RIGHT, FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE, THERE'S 500. IS THAT RIGHT? SO I THINK THE NUMBER NEEDS.

SHOULD BE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT SOME DOWN AT THE AT THE TOURIST, WHATEVER THAT THING IS DOWN.

WELCOME. WELL, EXCUSE ME.

THE WELCOME CENTER. THANK YOU.

AND AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME AT THE VENUES.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE JOHNNY TAKES SOME OUT TO THE JAZZ THINGS AND MAYBE THE THEATER PUTS ONE OUT.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD THINK A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

OTHERWISE, YOU'RE GOING TO. YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OUT.

AND BY SEPTEMBER.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE. I'M MISTAKEN.

YEAH. SO, SO FIRST OF ALL, I GUESS SO FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE RACK CARD, IS EVERYONE ARE WE GOOD WITH THIS RACK CARD? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE THE FINAL RACK CARD.

OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND, JOHNNY? OKAY, EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. ANY NAYS? OKAY, GREAT. YEAH.

SO I THINK THAT'S FINE.

I THINK WE COULD. WE COULD JUMP THAT UP TO $1,000.

IT ACTUALLY WOULD BE PROBABLY LESS THAN DOUBLING THAT.

IT WOULD PROBABLY. YEAH. SO IT ACTUALLY BRING THE COST OF EACH ITEM DOWN.

SO. SO WE COULD.

AND THEN I KNOW ALSO WE ALWAYS WERE A LITTLE BIT HESITANT TO RUN A WHOLE BUNCH BECAUSE THINGS WOULD CHANGE AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO UPDATE STUFF.

BUT I THINK WITH THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT NOW WOULD BE FINE.

SO YEAH, THESE ARE THE ONLY THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WE DIDN'T BOTHER.

WHERE IS SHE? THERE SHE IS.

WE DIDN'T BOTHER PUTTING ANYTHING DOWN FOR YOU.

I KNOW THEY ONLY HAVE A FACEBOOK.

YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

WELL, THE FACEBOOK, THE WAY FACEBOOK HAS ITS LINKS, IT WASN'T A CLEAN, LIKE FACEBOOK.COM SLASH UGLY.

IT WAS LIKE FACEBOOK.

ONE, TWO, THREE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON IT DOESN'T HAVE A URL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A WEBSITE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE AN INSTRUMENTAL PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS GOING FORWARD WITH THEIR PARK. ET CETERA. SO I JUST I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I'M SURE PEOPLE COULD GOOGLE IT AND THEY'LL FIND IT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I JUST THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC OTHER THAN THAT.

YEAH. SO. SO, SO AT THE LAST MEETING, DID WE WAS IT WE GOT APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY OR.

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FACEBOOK. YEAH.

SO LET'S, LET'S JUST IF WE CAN GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH THIS PURCHASE OF, LET'S JUST SAY UP TO BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE, LET'S JUST SAY UP TO $400 BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN THAT.

WE'LL JUST DOUBLE THAT NUMBER, WE'LL SAY A THOUSAND.

SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME IN AT ABOUT THREE, 300 TO 330.

RIGHT. SO CAN I.

CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION, CAITLIN, WHEN YOU WORKED WITH LUNCH, DID YOU DOES IT SAY IF IT'S A GLOSSY, GLOSSY COVER? THERE YOU GO. OKAY, GOOD.

AND IT'S CARDSTOCK, RIGHT? YES. EXCELLENT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION, I BELIEVE THIS IS TAKING PLACE OF OUR BROCHURE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.

AND AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I READ THAT BASICALLY SAID THAT ONE ON THE ROLE OF THE BOARD, WHICH WAS TO APPROVE, WHICH IS TO UPDATE THE BROCHURE BIANNUALLY, WHICH I ALWAYS GET CONFUSED, BUT I THINK THAT'S EVERY TWO YEARS IT'S NOT SEMIANNUALLY IS EVERY SIX MONTHS.

YEP. SO, SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING A THOUSAND AND WE'LL PROBABLY USE UP 1000 IN 2 YEARS AND THEN WE'LL BE READY TO HOPEFULLY WE'LL USE THEM ALL UP AND WE'LL HAVE TO GET MORE. YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

YEAH. OKAY. SO.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO WE NEED A MOTION.

YEAH, LET'S JUST MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SPENDING UP TO FOUR.

UP TO $400.

OKAY. SO MOVED SECOND.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY NAYS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. DONE.

ALL RIGHT, ONE DOWN.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS A RATHER DETAILED CONVERSATION ABOUT THE GRANT APPLICATION.

[6.2 Combined Grant Application]

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT HAD CERTAIN WORDING IN IT.

THEN WE DECIDED TO COMBINE THE ALL THE GRANT OPTIONS INTO ONE FORM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED HERE.

OKAY. DOES, DOES CAN YOU GO THROUGH IT OR CAITLIN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC CHANGES WERE OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT? DID YOU DID YOU DID WE HAVE THEM WHERE THEY WERE? SO SO BASICALLY THE COUPLE CHANGES THAT WERE DONE IS WE MADE THE YOUTH AND THE SENIOR GRANTS JUST ONE APPLICATION AND THEN THE OTHER SMALL CHANGES WERE THE FACT, UM, WHAT WAS IT THEY ABOUT PUTTING OUR.

SOME ADVERTISING IF THEY WERE TO RECEIVE THE GRANT PUDDING ADVERTISEMENT ON THEIR EITHER.

SOME OF THEIR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS OR THEIR OR THEIR WEBSITE.

AND I THINK THOSE WERE THE ONLY.

ONLY ADDITIONS.

AND WE WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT YOU COULD APPLY FOR A GRANT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OR FOR.

OH YEAH. AND THAT AND THAT WAS ADDED AS WELL.

THAT IS THAT IS CORRECT.

THOSE WERE THOSE WERE THE THREE THINGS.

THE COMBINATION OF THE GRANTS, THE ADVERTISING ON THEIR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS AS LONG AS ALONG IS THEIR WEBSITE WITH THEIR WEBSITE AND THEN ALSO THE FACILITY INFORMATION AND THE FACILITY INFORMATION IS UNDER NUMBER TWO, UNDER GUIDELINES.

WE'RE NUMBER TWO UNDER GUIDELINES.

YEAH. SO IT SAYS PROJECTS MUST EITHER MUST BE EITHER IS THAT IT EXPANSION OR EXISTING PROJECT INCLUDING ENHANCEMENT TO FACILITIES THAT.

YEAH THAT'S RIGHT THERE.

OKAY. AND I HAVE ONE LITTLE WRINKLE.

THE COMMITTEE THAT JUST MET A LITTLE WHILE AGO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN THE GRANT APPLICATION A SENSE OF THE SIZE OF THE ORGANIZATION VIS-A-VIS THEIR BUDGET.

SO WE WANT TO ASK A QUESTION THAT SAYS, COULD YOU GIVE US A REASONABLE ESTIMATE OF YOUR YEARLY BUDGET? WE DON'T WANT A PROFIT AND LOSS.

AND THE POINT OF THAT IS FOR THE PEOPLE REVIEWING THE GRANT APPLICATION TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER YOU'RE A MEGA MILLION DOLLAR ART INSTITUTE OR A $500 STOREFRONT OPERATION, IT HELPS US.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THESE 20 SOMETHING ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLY THE SIZE AND WHAT THEY HAVE.

SO I THINK IT HELPS THE MEMBERS DECIDE, WELL, YOU GOT TWO, TWO GRANTS, ONE IN THE FALL AND ONE IN THE WINTER, AND WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH THIS YEAR.

BUT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE YOU ONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD BUDGET AND WE GIVE SOMEBODY WHO'S STRUGGLING AND THE OTHER 500, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

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SO SO REMEMBER WITH THAT IS IT'S THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GRANT APPLICATION MEETS THE GUIDELINES, MEETS WHAT IS REQUIRED, AND THEN IT'S SENT ON.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT, I THINK WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS PUT THOSE IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH YOU WANT STIPULATIONS BASED ON HOW BIG THEY ARE.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE SHOULD PUT IT IN THE GRANT APPLICATION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOTHING.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I JUST, I JUST.

YEAH, BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S MORE OF LIKE YOU'RE JUST THAT HAS NO REALLY STIPULATION ON IF THEY, IF THEY GET A GRANT OR DON'T GET A GRANT.

WELL WE'RE NOT SAYING THEY WILL OR THEY WON'T GET IT.

IT JUST HELPS THE BOARD DECIDE.

I GOT I GOT $505,000 SITTING ON MY TABLE.

HOW AM I GOING TO DISPERSE THIS? BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONES DISPERSING IT.

I KNOW, BUT THE CITY WHO GETS IT AND THE COUNTY WHO GETS IT DOESN'T REALLY GET INTO THE ORGANIZATION.

IF WE DON'T BE IF WE'RE NOT THE SCREENING AND THE RECOMMENDING, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET INTO THE WEEDS? LIKE WE CAN THEY CAN'T.

THEY JUST LOOK AT IT WHAT THEY WANT? THEY GO, OKAY, HERE'S THE FIVE THAT THEY APPLY FOR.

THEY READ THEM. ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM? NO. GOOD.

SO THEN, I MEAN, IN THAT LINE, YOU SHOULD PUT WITHIN THE GRANT PROCESS THAT YOU'RE ONLY ACCEPTING GRANTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT THAT HAVE A BUDGET UP TO.

NO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT.

I JUST WANT TO. THEN I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD PUT ANYTHING IN THERE.

THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY UP TO YOU GUYS AS A BOARD.

IF YOU WANT TO ADD THAT.

DOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT I'M TRYING TO MAKE HERE? YES. AND YEAH.

YEAH. BUT I MEAN, I I'M NOT.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. I'M LOOKING FOR A PROFIT AND LOSS AND SAYING THIS GUY'S MAKING $5,000 A WEEK.

I'M NOT. THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

THE POINT IS, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE STRENGTH OF THE ORGANIZATION SO WE'RE MORE ENLIGHTENED TO WHO REALLY NEEDS TO HELP.

SO THE GUY DOESN'T GO OUT OF BUSINESS IN A YEAR BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET OUT OF HIS OWN WAY? I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE A SENSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO EVERY ONE OF THESE EVENTS ALL YEAR LONG AND KNOW WHO'S DOING WHAT AND WHO'S SUCCEEDING? YOU HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IT.

SO DOES THE DOES THE BOARD WANT IT ADDED TO THE GRANT APPLICATION? WE CAN DISCUSS IT.

RICHARD, WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE TO JUST SAY WE ONLY WANT ORGANIZATIONS AT THIS LEVEL AND LOWER? WELL, IF I IF I COULD SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I WAS I'M THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED THIS BECAUSE INITIALLY RICHARD WANTED TO PUT IT INTO THE GENERAL SURVEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENDING OUT. WHAT IS YOUR APPROXIMATE? WHATEVER I WAS, I WAS GOING TO LEARN IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

UM, AND, BUT THE PURPOSE OF ASKING THAT QUESTION WAS TO INFORM.

AND I KIND OF ARGUED PRETTY HEAVILY AGAINST DOING THAT.

BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I SEE IS SO.

SO WE MIGHT GET AN APPLICATION FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WHICH HAS A REALLY SIZABLE BUDGET, RIGHT? YEP. BUT THEY HAVE A LITTLE TEENY TINY ARTS BUDGET.

SO WHICH BUDGET ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE US? RIGHT. AND AND I DON'T AND AGAIN, WE THE WAY IT'S BEEN SET UP BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THAT IS WOULD BE TO GO BACK TO THE CITY AND COUNTY AND HAVE THEM CHANGE THE CRITERIA.

WE WE ONLY LOOK AT DID YOU DOT YOUR I'S AND CROSS YOUR T'S AND FILL OUT THE APPLICATION CORRECTLY AND IN WHICH CASE IT GETS FORWARDED AND IN WHICH CASE THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL WHO MAKE A DECISION WHO GETS THE GRANT AND THERE ARE NO CRITERIA OTHER THAN DID YOU DOT YOUR I'S AND CROSS YOUR T'S.

IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT, THEN WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE CHANGE PROCESS AND PRESENT A CASE TO THE CITY AND TO THE COUNTY AND SAY THIS IS THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT WE WANT TO ESTABLISH AS A BOARD.

AND AND THIS BOARD ACTUALLY MADE IT SO THE COUNTY WAS THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVING THE GRANTS OR PUTTING THEM IN ORDER BECAUSE MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS WERE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE REPRESENTED AND REPRESENTED RIGHT HERE.

SO THEY DIDN'T WANT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

SO THE VISION THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD IN THIS 3 TO 5 YEAR PLAN IS TO EXPAND THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A I HAVE A CERTAIN CONCERN ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF HOW THE BOARD IS DONE BECAUSE IT'S SELF SERVING.

THAT'S A SEPARATE SUBJECT.

BUT BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN SIT BACK AND JUST APPROVE SOMETHING BECAUSE YOUR FRIEND IS ON THAT IS

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SO I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME.

YOU WANT TWO GRANTS.

THIS ONE OVER HERE WANTS A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUCKS.

BUT YOU KNOW, NOBODY SHE DOESN'T SIT ON THE BOARD.

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT SHE DOES OR HOW SHE DOES IT.

SO FORGET THAT ONE.

AND YOU'VE GOT 25 ORGANIZATIONS NOW.

YOU DON'T HAVE SEVEN, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT THIS WHOLE LINEUP OF THINGS THAT WE'VE AGREED TO HELP AND SUPPORT AND BE RESOURCES TO.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE MONEY.

SO MAYBE IN SIX MONTHS THE GAME CHANGES AND THE MONEY WE COLLECT FROM DONATIONS IS A SET ASIDE AND LET THE COUNTY USE THE PLATE MONEY TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN THE GRANT.

BUT WE'LL BUILD ANOTHER FUND OVER HERE THAT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HELP THESE ORGANIZATIONS OR WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS MONEY TO TO AN ART PROJECT. ALL I'M SAYING IS SITTING BACK AND THE WAY IT USED TO BE WAS FINE.

BUT NOW IN THE NEW VISION, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD NOT CONSIDER ALL THE REAL FINANCIAL NEEDS OF SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY OF IDENTIFYING.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION IS, IS AS A BOARD, DO YOU GUYS WANT THAT ADDED INTO THE GRANT APPLICATION OR OR NOT? HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WOULD YOU SAY WE GET EACH YEAR FOR EACH FOR EACH YOUTH AND SENIOR? WE PROBABLY LOOK AT 4 TO 5 ON AVERAGE.

OKAY. THAT WOULD BE MY POINT, IS THAT IF WE REALLY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THE FINANCIAL MAKEUP OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S APPLIED, IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE TO HAVE STAFF.

YOU KNOW, YOU ALL COULD REACH OUT AND FOLLOW UP.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE BAKED INTO THE APPLICATION.

AND I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SETTING A STANDARD OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR GROSS OPERATING BUDGET HAS TO BE UNDER $100,000 A YEAR FOR US.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME EITHER IN THE LONG RUN.

SO I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OR YOU'VE GOT YOU KNOW WHAT? IF I DON'T KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, WE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO LIMIT OURSELVES AND OUR ABILITY TO PARTNER AND WORK WITH SOMEONE.

SO I THINK FOR THE LEVEL OF APPLICATIONS WE'RE GETTING, I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THIS AS A NEED.

I SEE IT AS MAYBE WE NEED MORE INFORMATION AND WE CAN ALWAYS GET THAT FROM AN ORGANIZATION IF WE IF WE WANT IT.

SO, SO REALIZE THAT YOU'LL GET A PUSH BACK WHEN THE GRANTS COME IN TO DO MORE INVESTIGATING IF WE FEEL LIKE.

YEAH. SO I THINK TO SHARE THE MONEY.

YEAH. SO ULTIMATELY IT'S YOUR GROUP THE BOARD'S DECISION IF THEY WANT TO ADD THAT INTO THE GRANT APPLICATION.

SO I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD IT, WE'LL ADD IT.

IF YOU DON'T, WE WON'T, I THINK.

MAYBE ONCE WE GET TO TEN APPLICATIONS, MAYBE WE LOOK AT IT AT THAT POINT, LOOK AT IT REALLY ESTABLISHING SOME SOME MORE QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S ONCE AGAIN.

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S. IT'S THE BOARDS.

IT'S THE BOARDS. IF WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT, WE'LL JUST.

WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT. I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE CHANGES WE ALREADY HAD LOOKED AT.

COULD I MAKE A FEW SUGGESTIONS? OKAY. FIVE B DOES THE AWARD ORGANIZATION MUST SUBMIT A REIMBURSEMENT FORM ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE INVOICES PAID AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE CANCELED PAYMENT CHECKS.

NOT ALL ORGANIZATIONS USE CHECKS ANYMORE.

SO IS THERE WHAT WHAT OTHER FORM WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR I MEAN, AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN CANCELED CHECKS.

THEY LIVE IN ELECTRONICALLY AT THE BANK.

YEAH. SO WE COULD JUST ADD A LET'S SEE HERE.

CAN YOU ADD JUST PROOF OF PAYMENT FIVE OR WE COULD IF WE FORM ALONG WITH A COPY OF INVOICES PAID AS WELL, A COPY OF CANCELED PAYMENT CHECKS IF APPLICABLE. YEAH.

SOMETHING SO THAT IT'S MORE EXPANSIVE IN THE WAY PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO BUSINESS IN THESE THIS DAY AND AGE.

OKAY, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY CANCEL CHECKS AT ALL SO.

YEAH. SO WE CAN JUST WE'LL JUST ADD THAT LITTLE PART RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE NITPICKY AND PARDON ME, BUT PAGE FOUR, THE TOP LINE ON PAGE FOUR, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE INTENDED PROJECT.

RIGHT NOW IT READS, THE LAST PART OF IT READS, HOW WILL I BE EXPANDED OR ENHANCED? SO THE I SHOULD BE IT IT AND EXPANDED OR ENHANCED.

OKAY. THAT'S NOT BEING NITPICKY.

OKAY IT HAS A LITTLE WEIRD.

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PAGE FIVE PARTICIPANTS RESIDENCY AT THE BOTTOM.

THE HYPHEN SHOULD GO AFTER THE S.

AGE FIVE, ON PARTICIPANT'S RESIDENCY.

SO YOU WANT THE TOTAL PARTICIPANTS, PARTICIPANTS, RESIDENCY OR PARTICIPANTS RESIDENCIES? I'M NOT SURE, BUT THE HYPHEN DEFINITELY SHOULD GO AFTER THE S, BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS I'M DOING THIS IS BECAUSE.

WHAT'S HER NAME? CATHERINE.

CATHERINE. CATHERINE.

YOU WERE THE ONE WHO SAID THERE WERE SOME TYPOS.

SO I WAS LIKE, OH.

AND I THOUGHT I GOT THEM ALL TOO, RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT.

YEAH. OKAY.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAD A COUPLE AS WELL LAST TIME.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE WE LANDED, BUT I KNOW WE MENTIONED CALLING IT GRANTS FOR SENIOR AND YOUTH PROGRAMS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT FOR INDIVIDUALS.

IS THAT A IS THAT A CHANGE THAT PEOPLE AGREED WITH? SO THE ONLY THING LIKE WITH WITH PROGRAMS IS SOMETIMES AS WE CHANGED IT, IT DID SAY FACILITIES.

OH RIGHT.

YEAH. YEAH.

YEAH. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

SORRY. THIS IS THE ONE, THE ONE DOCUMENT THAT I EDITED FOR YOU TODAY.

THIS IS A PROGRAM.

AND LIKE SCOTT WAS SAYING, IT'S IT'S FOR PROGRAMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALREADY EXISTING PROGRAMS. BUT WE CAN. WE CAN CHANGE IT IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE.

WHAT ABOUT CALLING IT GRANTS FOR SENIOR AND YOUTH PROGRAMING? WELL, IT'S NOT JUST FOR PROGRAMING.

IT'S FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ORGANIZATIONS, TOO.

THAT'S WHY IT WAS KIND OF A GRAY AREA.

YEAH, WE COULD. PROGRAMING IN PROJECTS WAS YEAH, PROGRAMING AND PROJECTS IS USED ALL THROUGHOUT, SO MAYBE THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT.

YEAH. WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AND SAY GRANTS FOR SENIOR AND YOUTH PROGRAMING AND PROJECTS? SURE. YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

KATIE, CAN YOU MAKE A NOTE OF THAT? YEP. THANK YOU. AND I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I THINK WHEN SOME PEOPLE WERE SEEING THESE APPLICATIONS, THEY WERE JUST THEY WEREN'T PUTTING TWO AND TWO TOGETHER.

THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I'M A SENIOR.

I'M GOING TO. YEAH.

YEAH. SO YOU'RE CORRECT.

AND THEN MY NEXT THING IS I THINK WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN BY ENHANCEMENT TO FACILITIES.

SO DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE ALSO MATERIALS AND STUFF OR JUST STRICTLY ENHANCING YOUR FACILITY? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT.

CAN SOMEONE BUY PAINT OR CAN THEY ONLY FIX A YOU ONLY PAINT THE WALL.

YEAH. WELL, SO ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE GRANT IS UP TO $500.

BUT LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS.

I THINK SUPPLIES GO INTO MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE THE BUILDING THE FACILITY, THE THE SPACE.

SO THAT MIGHT BE COMPLICATED TO X THAT OUT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE I MEAN, I RUN AN ART STUDIO AND YEAH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONSUMABLES THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM OFFICE SUPPLIES, PAPER TOWELS, TOILET PAPER AND THEN PAINT AND FINE ART SUPPLIES.

BUT AND IN $500, YEAH, I COULD THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW.

SHOULD IT BE LUMPED INTO ONE THING OR.

WELL, SEPARATED.

LAUREN, YOU WEREN'T HERE LAST YEAR.

WE HAD A ORGANIZATION THAT NEEDED A SPECIALIZED PUPPET.

IT COST $300 TO DO THE SHOW, AND THE BOARD DECIDED THAT DIDN'T FIT INTO THE CRITERIA.

SO WE DIDN'T GIVE HER THE MONEY.

SO WE WENT BACK AND SAID, LET'S LET'S REREAD THE THE MANDATE THAT WE GOT FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

AND IT AND IT DID TALK ABOUT FACILITIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT AND I THINK IT'S RELATED TO ANYTHING THAT TAKES FOR YOU TO DO WHAT YOU DO TO SERVE THE YOUTH OR THE SENIOR.

EITHER IT'S A PROGRAM OR PERFORMANCE, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

AND I THE LIGHT WENT OUT ON THE STAGE, YOU KNOW, PROP.

I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE TO PROVIDE THE END RESULT TO THE RESIDENTS SO LONG AS IT FITS IN A REASONABLE CRITERIA.

YEAH. SO LIKE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE A THEATER AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO PAINT THIS PROP, YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT COSTS $400 AND YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT, IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO BE ANY MAJOR RENOVATION, BUT STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT'S KIND OF HOW I SEE

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BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE OUTSIDE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST RESTRICTED TO PUTTING ON A SPECIFIC EVENT OR PERFORMANCE FOR A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE.

IF YOU NEED TO GET YOUR THEATER, YOUR YOUR, YOUR KILN, YOUR ART SUPPLIES, YOUR WHATEVERS THAT WE ARE, WE'RE OPEN TO LOOKING AT THAT REQUEST.

OKAY. OKAY. SO WAS THE PERSON THAT HAD THE PUPPET EXAMPLE THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED EQUIPMENT OR THAT WAS A TOOL THAT WAS SPECIFIC FOR NUNSENSE? YEAH.

SO IT WAS PART OF HOW SHE PUT THE SHOW ON.

SHE NEEDED THAT TO MAKE THE PLAY WORK, AND SO SHE REQUESTED A GRANT FOR IT AND, AND SHE DID NOT GET IT.

OR SHE DID. THE BOARD DECIDED NOT TO GIVE IT TO HER.

WELL, THE BOARD DECIDED THEY HADN'T ADDED THIS IN THE BOARD DECIDED THAT IT'S EXPANDED.

YEAH. BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TOOK CARE OF THAT PROBLEM IN THIS VERSION.

RIGHT. AND I THINK WE DID.

THE BOARD DECIDED THAT SHE DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA TO THE TO THE EXISTING STANDARDS, WHICH HAVE NOW CHANGED.

RIGHT. YEAH.

SO BUT TO IMPROVE THIS, I THINK WE CAN STILL SAY TO INCLUDE ENHANCEMENTS TO FACILITIES, BUT THEN SAY SUCH AS SUPPLIES, MINOR REPAIRS.

STUFF LIKE THAT. I THINK THE DOLLAR AMOUNT KIND OF PUTS A CAP ON EVERYTHING.

I START TO GET CONCERNED WHEN YOU LIST OFF SPECIFIC THINGS BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE IF I DON'T SEE PUPPET, THEN I DON'T THINK PUPPET IS INCLUDED, RIGHT? IF I IF IT SAYS SUPPLIES OR WHATEVER.

SO I MEAN, I WASN'T ON THE BOARD WHEN THE PUPPET DECISION WAS MADE, BUT IN MY OPINION, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF YOU CAN BUY PAINT WITH THE GRANT, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO BUY A PUPPET WITH THE GRANT BECAUSE IT'S ALL SUPPLIES FOR AN ACTIVITY.

SO I WOULDN'T I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENT DECISION.

BUT UM, YEAH, AT FIRST I DON'T YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

IF YOU START LISTING OFF, THAT'S WHERE I GET WORRIED.

IF YOU START LISTING OFF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE, THE SPECIFIC THING THAT THEY WANT, THEY DON'T SEE TWINE OR THEY DON'T SEE LEATHER, THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THINK THAT IT APPLIES TO THEM. WHAT ABOUT EQUIPMENT OR OTHER GENERAL WORDS THAT REALLY ARE ALL ENCOMPASSING OR SOMEHOW KEEP IT OPEN SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T DETERRED? SO. SO I JUST WROTE THIS.

SO TO INCLUDE FACILITY ENHANCEMENT TO TO INCLUDE FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS OR SUPPLIES TO SUPPORT PROJECTS OR PROGRAMING, DOES THAT I THINK THAT'S WORK SUPPORT MATERIAL.

YEAH. ANY I THINK IT SOUNDS GREAT.

A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS UTILIZED IN ORDER TO BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SAY, YEAH WE WE CAN'T DON'T GET TOO SPECIFIC BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO BACK TO. YEAH.

SO I THINK WHAT MEMBERS REID JUST SAID IS I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD GO WITH.

YOU WANT ME TO READ IT AGAIN? YES.

OKAY. PROJECTS MUST BE EITHER NEW OR AN EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING PROJECT TO INCLUDE FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS OR SUPPLIES IN SUPPORT OF PROJECTS OR PROGRAMING.

YES, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THESE GRANTS.

THE PURPOSE OF OF THESE GRANTS IS EXACTLY WHAT MEMBER REID JUST SAID.

YEAH. AND JUST TO CLARIFY NOW, BECAUSE OF YOUR REVISIONS, A MUSICIAN WOULD QUALIFY TO GET A NEW INSTRUMENT OR THIS PUPPETEER COULD REAPPLY AND MAYBE GET THE GRANT TO PURCHASE.

YES. OKAY. SPECIALTY ITEM.

OKAY, GREAT.

SO WHOLE IDEA IS TO EXPAND HOW THE MONEY IS USED RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTING KIDS FROM CALLAHAN TO TO THE BOOK FAIR.

SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MORE PROGRAM RELATED RATHER THAN THAN THAN STUFF RELATED.

GOTCHA. SO TO YOUR POINT, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE THEY NEED TO RENT THE OBOE BUT NOT BUY THE OBOE.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO, SO YEAH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO START BUYING PEOPLE BECAUSE MOST OF THE MUSICIANS HAVE THEIR OWN INSTRUMENTS.

RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN ONE PIECE, YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, THE TRIANGLE FOR FIVE NOTES AND YOU DON'T HAVE ONE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BUY IT.

SO I THINK RENTING.

SO I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND I THINK THAT FIXED HELPS, THAT KIND OF THING.

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THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT WHY THEY NEED IT, WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO AND HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

RIGHT? AND THEN THEY GET THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AGAINST IT.

AND THAT'S OUR JOB, RIGHT? WHEN WE SEND THESE ALL OUT TO YOU ALL TO LOOK THEM OVER, GET THE FEEDBACK.

RIGHT. RIGHT. AM I MISSING WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? WELL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF SPECIFIC THINGS AND WE SAID WE DIDN'T WANT TO TIE YOURSELF DOWN AS FAR AS PEOPLE WANTING THIS AND THAT.

AND IT'S NOT ON THE ACTUAL THING FOR THEM.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO LOOK, I'M SAYING WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ANYWAY.

SO I WILL SPECIFY.

I THINK THAT SCOTT HAS THE ABILITY TO GO BACK OR CAITLIN TO GO BACK TO THE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED THE GRANT FOR ANY KIND OF CLARIFICATION THE BOARD ASKED FOR.

SO IF YOU SAY, I SEE YOU WANT $500, BUT YOU'RE NOT, I DON'T GET WHAT THE MONEY IS GOING TO DO.

I THINK WE JUST ASK THE QUESTION.

I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR IT, RIGHT? WE HAVE TIME TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

YEAH. OKAY. AND I WOULD TELL JOHNNY IF WE GOT AN APPLICATION IN WHICH IT WASN'T CLEAR WHAT THE MONEY WAS GOING TO DO THAT WOULD NOT MEET OUR CRITERIA.

OKAY. THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU PUSH IT BACK.

YEAH. YEAH.

SO THAT GRANT WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE REQUESTING ORGANIZATION TO TO TO FILL IT OUT AND PROVIDE US WITH THE INFORMATION OR WE JUST WOULDN'T FORWARD IT.

RIGHT. OKAY. THE HOPE WOULD BE FOR US TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT OF THEM SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO MEET THE CRITERIA.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT.

YES, SIR. SO SO WITH THOSE CHANGES THAT YOU HAD MORE, UM.

IT SAYS APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER.

IS THAT CORRECT? DO THEY STILL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT DEADLINES? YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

YEAH. THERE'S TWO. YEAH.

SEASONS OF.

OH YEAH. WELL, YEAH, TWO SEASONS.

SO SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH NOVEMBER IS FOR THE SENIOR GRANT.

AND THEN WE HAVE JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER, SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER.

AND NO APPLICATION. I CAN'T REMEMBER NOVEMBER.

HONESTLY, IT MIGHT BE NOVEMBER GNAGE IT'S NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER, NOVEMBER FOR THE YOUTH GRANT.

SO THEY THEY ARE THE FORM WILL BE THE SAME, BUT THE TIME FRAME FOR SUBMISSION WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

SO. SO MAYBE SCOTT, WHERE THEY CHECK OFF WHICH ONE THEY WANT UNDERNEATH IT, IT MIGHT HAVE THE TIMELINE THAT SAYS YEAH, THIS GRANT IS AVAILABLE ON THIS ONE, IT'S AVAILABLE. SO, SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR.

SO SINCE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH THIS, THE GRANT PROCESS, I WANT TO MAKE THESE CHANGES AND ACTUALLY BRING IT BACK ONE MORE TIME. SO WE HAVE THE EDITS THAT WE CAN WATCH BACK OR LISTEN BACK.

PLUS WE'LL OBVIOUSLY CHANGE THESE DATES AS WELL.

OKAY. AND THEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY I WAS HEARING FROM PEOPLE, UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE CHECK.

THEY KEEP CALLING AND SAYING, WHERE'S THE MONEY? THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY HAVE TO BUY THE BUY THE THING, TURN IN THE RECEIPT.

CAN YOU HAVE ONE SHEET PIECE ADDED TO THIS APPLICATION THAT LETS THEM KNOW AS A DISCLAIMER, HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.

YOU DON'T GET THE MONEY TOMORROW MORNING BECAUSE WE SAID THIS IS OKAY.

THAT SEEMS TO BE A MISUNDERSTANDING I SEEM TO BE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET IT? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET IT? GET IT? AFTER THEY IT SAYS THEY GET IT AFTER THEY SUBMIT THEIR INVOICES AND PROOF OF PAYMENT.

SO WHAT WE CAN DO, THEY'RE NOT GETTING SO SO WHAT WE WHAT WE CAN DO, I THINK CHAIR RESTIANO BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT.

WE CAN ADD SOMETHING TO THE GRANT APPLICATION HOWEVER WE CAN, AND I THINK WE AS STAFF CAN BE MORE COMMUNICATIVE TO THE APPLICANTS BECAUSE THERE IS THERE IS A DISCONNECT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE THE CLOSEOUT FORMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, SO US AS STAFF CAN BE MORE, MORE IN TALKS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THESE GRANTS TO HELP THEM ALONG WITH THE PROCESS SO WE COULD KEEP THE GRANT APPLICATION THE SAME.

BUT WE DO NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VOCAL TOWARDS THESE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WRITE THEM A LETTER AFTER THE COUNTY

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HERE'S THE CLOSEOUT FORM.

HERE'S THE STUFF THAT WE NEED TO FOR YOU TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK AFTER YOU SPEND AFTER YOU HAVE SPENT YOUR MONEY.

SO HOW ABOUT THIS AS WE LEAVE THE GRANT APPLICATION AS IS AFTER WE MAKE THESE EDITS, BUT US AS STAFF BECOME MORE IN-TUNED WITH THAT PROCESS AND MORE COMMUNICATIVE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVE THE GRANTS AND HELP THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, I MEAN, IT'S OKAY, BUT IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE SWEEPSTAKES THING. NOBODY WANTS TO READ THE FINE PRINT THAT'S NINE PAGES LONG, RIGHT? BUT EVEN IF YOU DON'T DO A WHOLE DEAL, I'D JUST LIKE YOU TO MAKE IN THIS FORM MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.

FIVE STEPS TO GET A CHECK.

OKAY. AND IT'S FIVE DOTS.

THIS, THIS, THIS. AND THEN.

THEN WE CAN FOLLOW. THEN YOU DO YOUR JOB TO FOLLOW UP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HAVING THAT THERE, THAT TRANSPARENCY IS NOT SO OBVIOUS.

AND THEN WE'RE RELYING ON SOMEBODY NOT BEING THERE TO, OH, I FORGOT TO SEND THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS AS THE BOARD EXPANDS ITS OPPORTUNITIES AND AND THE FUNDS BECOME A LITTLE BETTER, THIS BECOMES A BIGGER OPERATION. AND I THINK NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO KIND OF TAKE OUT ALL THE LITTLE WRINKLES IF YOU CAN.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SURE. OKAY. I JUST GOING TO SUGGEST MAYBE THAT'S LIKE AN FAQ DOCUMENT THAT'S NEXT TO THIS ONLINE INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE ACTUAL FORM, BUT IT COULD JUST BE AN FAQ.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DRIVE THEM TO IT, THAT'S ALL.

MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT.

BUT BUT YEAH, I THINK THE IDEA OF RESPONDING WITH.

THE LETTER SAYING. CONGRATULATIONS.

AND ONCE YOU'VE SPENT YOUR MONEY, THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW THIS IS YOUR NEXT STEPS, AS WELL AS REFERRING THEM TO THE FAQ, THAT SORT OF THING.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH, VERY GOOD.

OKAY. WE'RE ALL GOOD ON THIS CONVERSATION.

SO REMEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THESE THESE EDITS, THESE FEW EDITS AND BRING IT BACK.

THANK YOU, SCOTT. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS MY CONVERSATION OR INTEREST IN CHANGING

[6.3 All At-Large Board Positions changed to County Wide Positions. ]

I SEE THAT IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON HOW THE COUNTY IS CHANGING, HOW IT'S EXPANDING OUTSIDE OF AMELIA ISLAND AND HOW WE HAVE A BETTER RESPONSE, SHOULD HAVE A BETTER RESPONSIBILITY TO ALIGN OUR PURPOSES AND OUR MISSION TO THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

AND SO THIS WOULD BRING US TO FOUR COUNTYWIDE REPS, WHICH ACTUALLY COPIES THE FOUR DISTRICTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE, PRETTY MUCH OUTSIDE OF AMELIA ISLAND, CALLAHAN, BRYCEVILLE, HILLIARD YULEE.

AND EACH ONE HAS A COMMISSIONER.

SO THE FOUR COUNTY REPS ACTUALLY COULD EVEN HAVE A TANGENTIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN THAT DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE ULTIMATE LOOK OF WHAT THAT CHANGE WOULD MAKE.

AND I THINK IT'S OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S THAT'S THE ONLY PURPOSE I SEE IN IT.

YOU STILL HAVE SEVEN CITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS FULLY REPRESENTED, SO IT DOESN'T DISTILL THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE CITYWIDE ORGANIZATION.

SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE DESIGNATED CHANGE AFTER GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THAT ENTAILS FROM CITYWIDE TO COUNTYWIDE.

SO JUST TO JUST A QUICK LITTLE HISTORY ON THIS, THE LAST WAS RESOLUTION 2017 DASH 24, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE TO YOUR AGENDA, THE ARTS AND CULTURE.

NASSAU SHALL BE COMPRISED OF A LOVING VOTE.

11 VOTING MEMBERS MEMBERS SHALL BE DRAWN FROM A LIST OF SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS CHOSEN FROM A LIST OF NONPROFIT ART AND CULTURAL CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS IN FERNANDINA BEACH.

THIS LIST MAY BE AMENDED AS ORGANIZATIONS CHANGE.

THERE SHALL BE TWO MEMBERS DESIGNATED BY NASSAU COUNTY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING.

IN ADDITION, THERE SHALL BE SHALL BE TWO CITY RESIDENT AT LARGE MEMBERS.

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A QUORUM OF THE BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF SIX VOTING MEMBERS.

SO WITH THIS, IF THERE IS A MOTION A SECOND AND THERE'S A VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, IT WOULD BE THEN SENT TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

IF IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, IF THAT IS THE WISH OF THE COMMITTEE.

SO SO THE CHANGE WOULD BE JUST A CLARIFICATION.

THE CHANGE WOULD BE THERE SHALL BE FOUR MEMBERS DESIGNATED BY NASSAU COUNTY AND AND DELETING THE IDEA OF THE CITY.

RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE THE CHANGE.

THAT'S THE CHANGE. OKAY.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS SAYS CURRENTLY, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO, YES.

SO THAT WOULD SO THAT WOULD CHANGE THE EXISTING.

SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S CURRENT THE THE ON THE SECOND PAGE.

OKAY. SO THIS IS SORRY, THE WHAT'S NOT REDACTED.

WHAT'S STRICKEN HERE IS WELL CHANGE FROM 2017 IS WHAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING.

YEAH. SO THIS ITEM THAT WAS I'M JUST NOT SURE IF IT'S JUST NOT CODIFIED OR.

WELL IT'S PROBABLY CODIFIED BUT THIS.

YEAH. THEY LIKE TO DO IT WHERE IT'S THIS IS WHAT IT WAS.

IT WAS AND THIS IS WHERE IT CHANGES TO 2017.

SO OUR CURRENT STATUS IS THAT WE HAVE TWO CITY AT LARGE AND TWO COUNTY AT LARGE, ALL VOTING MEMBERS.

THAT IS CORRECT. CORRECT.

SO WE NEED A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

WELL, I'LL DEBATE.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS.

I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF CHANGING IT TO ALL FOUR COUNTYWIDE SEATS FOR THE FIRST REASON, WHICH IS IF YOU LOOK AROUND, THIS IS RUN BY THE CITY WITH CITY TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

AND I THINK THAT THAT MEANS THE CITY SHOULD HAVE MORE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, WE WE AS A CITY AT LARGE MEMBER, WE ALSO LIVE IN THE COUNTY.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S.

ACCOUNTING NEEDS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SPEAK ON ALL THOSE THINGS.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A SMART CHANGE FOR THE CURRENT MAKEUP OF OR FOR WHO RUNS THE BOARD.

NOW, IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RUNNING THIS BOARD AND PAYING USING COUNTY TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE TIME THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE TODAY, THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING, THEY CAN DO THAT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT.

BUT I JUST DON'T SEE THAT AS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO.

AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF HERE TO DO THIS.

BUT IT NEEDS TO BE THERE NEEDS TO BE CITY REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD.

AND THEN MY LAST POINT IS I DON'T SEE THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVING THIS CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE EXACT SAME REASON THAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF IT'S CITY STAFF SPENDING THE TIME ON THIS, I DON'T SEE THEM WANTING TO CHANGE THAT AND VOTING TO IT BEING COUNTY MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT THE BOARD.

SO I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO HEAR OTHER OPINIONS.

ANY OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ON THIS.

SO MY MY POSITION ON THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR BY HAVING SOMEBODY GO OUTSIDE OF THE USUAL ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE BRIDGE, GO TALK TO THE FOLKS THAT HAVE OTHER ARTS AND CULTURE INTERESTS AND FIND THEM TOTALLY UNDERSERVED.

SO I WENT TO HILLIARD.

THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN 15 YEARS.

THEY'VE NEVER.

THEY HAVE NEEDS, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH THEM.

SO A COUNTY COMMISSIONER CALLED ME AND SAID, PLEASE GO AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THESE TWO PROJECTS THEY WANT TO DO.

THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN YULEE.

YULEE WANTS TO I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE HISTORIC PARK THEY WANT TO DO.

THEY HAD NO WAY TO MANAGE THIS.

THEY COULDN'T COME TO THE CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN YULEE AND HOW ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO GET ANY TRACTION AND ANY RESOURCES WITHOUT AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS AS A COUNTY COMMISSION AND HAS THE WORD COUNTY IN ITS NAME, WHO ALSO GIVES US, YOU KNOW, 15 WE'VE STILL GOT ABOUT $15,000 LEFT FROM THE ABUNDANT LICENSE PLATE FUND, BUT THEY STILL PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDING OF IT.

SO I SEE THAT THE CITY IS WELL SERVED.

IT IS IN FACT WELL SERVED BY THE STAFF.

IT DOES GET A LOT OF BENEFIT.

THE TOURIST BOARD GETS ALL THIS ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, SO THEY'RE VISITORS AND TOURISTS CAN SHARE IN THE WEALTH OF COMING TO AMELIA ISLAND.

EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BENEFIT FROM THE ORGANIZATION EXCEPT THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WERE WE TO HAVE WERE WE TO BE DESIGNATED A CITY ORGANIZATION, I COULD TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION.

BUT THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY THE CASE.

I DON'T SEE HOW THE CITY GETS UNDERSERVED BY THIS.

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IT WAS A DECISION SOMEBODY MADE IN THEIR RESOLUTIONS.

BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE WE CAN DO.

AND YOU DON'T NEED 11 PEOPLE TO MANAGE THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE ARTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ON AMELIA ISLAND.

BUT YOU DO NEED SOMEBODY TO GO WORK WITH RAYONIER AND WILD AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, GO WORK WITH THE REST OF THE TOWNS AND COUNTIES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. AND THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE ARTS ALIVE, WHICH RESIDES IN YULEE, AS PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES PROVIDE ARTS AND MUSIC FOR THE KIDS IN ALL THE CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SHOWS THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING A LOT MORE ON THE COUNTY SIDE.

MY POSITION IS THIS IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.

I THINK IT MOVES THE MARK FORWARD FOR THE ORGANIZATION IN THIS NEXT 3 TO 5 YEAR PLAN, AND I THINK IT FITS EASILY INTO FINDING SOMETHING TO REALLY ADD TO THE AGENDA.

AND I END WITH I'D LIKE ANYBODY TO TELL ME WHAT THE CITYWIDE REPS MISSION IS IN THE PAST OR GOING FORWARD OR WHAT THE THOUGHT WAS TO WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO OTHER THAN EACH ONE OF YOU REPS, YOUR ORGANIZATION, WHAT ARE THE OTHER TWO CITY REPS DO? I MEAN, THEY SERVE ON THE BOARD, THEY VOLUNTEER, THEY DO PLENTY OF THINGS, BUT WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC ROLE THAT THEY HAVE THAT WOULD BE SACRIFICED BY MOVING THEM TO A WIDER VISION FOR THE COUNTY? I JUST THINK THAT THIS CHANGE TURNS IT FROM A CITY BOARD TO A COUNTY BOARD.

AND IF THE COUNTY WANTED TO HAVE AN ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD, THEY COULD.

CORRECT. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S FULFILLING THE MISSION OF WHAT THIS IS, WHICH IS THE CITY BOARD.

AND SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE CITY REPRESENTATION ON ON A CITY BOARD.

AND IF IF WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DISSOLVE THE WHOLE BOARD, MOVE IT TO THE COUNTY AND JUST HAVE COUNTY REPRESENTATION, WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT THAT'S A MUCH BIGGER CONVERSATION.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO AND DECIDE TO DO.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT CHANGING IT TO FOR COUNTY MEMBERS MAKES SENSE FOR WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY A CITY BOARD.

SO YOU STILL HAVE THE MAJORITY, YOU HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS AGAINST FOUR.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE SERVED AT THE CITY SIDE.

SO WHERE IT GETS THE ONE THING IS, IS THAT THE COUNTY HAS DESIGNATED THIS BOARD AS THE LA LOCAL ART ASSOCIATION, LOCAL ART AGENCY.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT DOES ALLOW FOR THE LICENSE PLATE FUNDS TO BE FUNNELED THROUGH THIS EXISTING BOARD THAT IS CURRENTLY A CITY DEVELOPED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

SO THAT I MEAN, NOT THAT JUST SO JUST SO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

NOT THAT THAT REALLY THAT'S THE MONEY TAKEN FROM THE COUNTY GIVEN TO THE CITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GRANTS.

WELL, IT'S LICENSE PLATE FUNDS.

IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT COUNTY IT'S NOT COUNTY MONEY.

IT GOES THROUGH THE COUNTY.

THEY'RE GIVING IT UP.

IT'S COMING TO THE CITY.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK THEY CAN JUST PUT IT INTO THEIR GENERAL FUND, THOUGH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES WHO PROVIDE THE MONEY.

IT'S IT'S BASED ON THE LICENSE PLATE.

MONEY IS BASED ON WHO BUYS A ARTS LICENSE PLATE IN NASSAU COUNTY.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE.

I HAD A QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED ARTS ALIVE.

YES. HAVE THEY APPLIED OVER THE YEARS FOR GRANTS HERE? ABSOLUTELY. RECENTLY HAVING ONE FOR ME, THAT IS THE ONLY ARTS NONPROFIT I KNOW OF IN YULEE.

BLUE BLUEFIRE THEATER IS IN.

THEY'RE BASED IN YULEE. YEAH.

AND IN WHAT WAYS IS THIS COMMITTEE UNDER SERVING THOSE GROUPS THAT ARE BASED? IT'S NOT NOT IT'S THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

IT'S NOT AN ORGANIZATION THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S GOING TO A PLACE LIKE YULEE THAT WANTS TO DO SOMETHING TO ENHANCE THEIR PRIDE OF PLACE IN A HISTORIC SETTING AND WANTS TO BUILD A CULTURAL VENUE OF OLD BUILDINGS IN A PIECE OF LAND THEY OWN.

AND IN HILLIARD, THEY WANT TO HAVE A MURAL, PUBLIC ART MURAL PUT ON THEIR PARK AND REC BUILDING, AND THEY WANT TO HAVE A FARMERS MARKET.

SO THEY'RE COMING TO AN AND SO THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY COME TO THIS THIS ORGANIZATION AND SAY, CAN YOU HELP THESE FOLKS OUT, GO SEE WHAT THEY WANT.

SO IT'S THAT ABILITY FOR US TO BE A RESOURCE THAT THAT APPARENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A VERY HIGH PROFILE IN ALL THE TOWNS AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY, NOT SO MUCH AN ORGANIZATION.

[01:00:01]

THEY WANT A HISTORIC MURAL.

IT'S THE IT'S THE YULEE HISTORIC COUNCIL.

SO IT'S AN ORGANIZED.

YEAH, I THINK MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A WAY TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS FROM THIS EXISTING STRUCTURE HERE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ADVANTAGE OF MOVING AND RESETTLING THE GROUP AND HAVING THAT INFLUENCE DIRECTLY, LIKE YOUR YOUR CONCERN FOR BETTER SUPPORTING.

AND I THINK, YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING TOO.

SO I WASN'T AWARE WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE ANYTHING.

WE'RE JUST TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING MORE OPEN BY HAVING FOUR COUNTYWIDE REPS.

YOU CAN HAVE A REP REPLICATE EACH OF THE FOUR DISTRICTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF AMELIA ISLAND.

SO YOU HAVE FOUR COMMISSIONERS, RIGHT? THERE'S FIVE TOTAL.

JOHNNY MARTIN COMES FROM AMELIA ISLAND SPECIFIC.

THE OTHER FOUR ARE IN BRYCEVILLE CALLAHAN, YULEE AND HUFFMAN IS ON THE END OF ON THE END OF THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE A PERSON WHO CAN NOW BE A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THOSE AREAS THAT MIGHT WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE A HISTORIC PARK.

NEED HELP WITH A PUBLIC ART.

IT'S JUST A RESOURCE GOING UP TO CALLAHAN AND MEETING THEM DURING THEIR THEY HAVE A RAILROAD DEPOT, THEY HAVE A MUSEUM UP THERE.

SO WE'RE NOT FUNDING AN ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE.

WE'RE FUNDING THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES THAT I THINK MAYBE, MAYBE YOU DON'T THINK SO, BUT I THINK ARE ARE UNDERSERVED AND COULD BE SERVED BETTER THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE.

IT'S JUST A WAY FOR US TO GET GET OUT THERE MORE AND EXTEND THE GOOD NEWS.

I'M NOT GOING TO COST ANYTHING MORE, IS THERE? I MEAN, DO YOU GUYS DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS OR I MEAN, I THINK ULTIMATELY WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT.

I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE ISSUE, BUT I THINK IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, YOU OUGHT TO LET US KNOW.

RIGHT? EXACTLY.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CALL VOTE? YEAH.

WELL, NO. THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION FIRST.

AND IF THERE'S NO MOTION, THEN IT FAILS TO IT FAILS TO GET A MOTION, AND WE.

AND WE MOVE ON.

SO IF I PASS THE GAVEL TO MY CO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THAT ARTS AND CULTURE NASSAU CHANGE THE TO CITYWIDE DESIGNATED AT LARGE REPS TO COUNTYWIDE AT LARGE REPS.

IS THERE A SECOND. I DON'T KNOW.

IN THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING.

YOU GUYS ARE ALL RIGHT. SO.

SO NO SECOND AM I CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT, SO IT FAILS TO GET A SECOND.

SO THAT MOTION FAILS.

SO I THINK ULTIMATELY, LET'S.

LET'S MOVE ON. YEP.

ALL DONE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. WE SENT OUT A LETTER.

[6.4 Review of Letter Sent Out to Art Organizations]

THE ONLY REASON THIS IS THERE IS SO THAT I WANT TO I WANT TO KNOW FROM THE ORGANIZATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES HERE THAT YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS ENOUGH, THAT THEY GOT THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

AND TO THAT END, I HAVE KIM WILD FROM THE THEATER HAD REQUESTED WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND I'VE MADE YOU ONE.

THANK YOU. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO HAPPEN.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THIS IS ALL FREE.

AND TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT REALLY HELPED.

I PUT ONE IN ISLAND ARTS AS WELL.

SO ANYBODY WHO HAS A PERMANENT VENUE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF THING.

AND OTHERWISE JUST GETTING IN THE PROGRAMS AND ON THE WEBSITE.

SO I WANTED TO BRING UP AGAIN IF YOU FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO SEND THE LETTER AGAIN OR WORKING THROUGH YOUR GOOD OFFICES AS REPS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU CAN TRY TO HELP THE BOARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS IDENTIFY HOW WE COULD GET A LITTLE RECOGNITION IN THE ORGANIZATION.

NOW I KNOW IN YOUR PROGRAMS YOU HAVE US LISTED.

THANK YOU. WE GOT THAT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THE ARTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF JAZZ EVEN DOES A PROGRAM.

SOMETIMES HE JUST DOES THE MUSIC WITHOUT A DOCUMENT.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WE COULD JUST BE LISTED AT THE END AS A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

SUMMER YOU HAVE A PERMANENT LOCATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THIS IF YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD PUT IT UP SOMEWHERE.

[01:05:04]

I MEAN, ALL I'M LOOKING FOR IS THE FREE WAY TO MAKE MORE NOTICE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.

THE CHAMBER. MUSIC HAS AN OFFICE THAT COULD HANG.

I'M SORRY. WE HAVE A HEADQUARTERS.

YOU DO? YEAH.

ACROSS FROM STORY AND SONG.

DOES. DOES THE PUBLIC COME TO THAT SPACE? DONORS. THERE ARE MEETINGS THERE.

THEY HAVE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SOMETIMES USING THE SPACE.

BUT DO YOU WANT. YOU WANT TO TRY IT AND SEE? IF NOT, YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK.

OKAY. YEAH. COOL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO MY QUESTION THEN IS, DO I DO I NEED TO RESEND THE LETTER? DO YOU THINK HOW ABOUT THE LIBRARY PEOPLE? I WAS GOING TO SAY I WILL BE HAPPY TO BRING THIS TO APPROACH THE LIBRARIAN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH, WHETHER WE WANT IT IN A FRAME OR SHE JUST WANTS TO PUT IT OUT CARDS.

OKAY. SO I THINK I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR THIS WAS ON YOUR RADAR.

I THOUGHT THIS LETTER WAS EFFECTIVE IN PART BECAUSE IT WAS THE INVITATION TO THE LEADER FORUM.

YEP. AND TO JUST SEND OUT ANOTHER LETTER THIS SOON SAYING PLEASE PUT OUR LOGO ON YOUR WEBSITE.

I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION.

I AGREE. SO? SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TO TO WHEN WE SCHEDULE ANOTHER LEADER FORUM, WHICH I'M ASSUMING WE WILL THAT THAT THAT THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO SAY YES AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED AND AND BLAH BLAH BLAH.

BUT JUST SEND OUT A LETTER JUST TO SAY PUT US ON YOUR WEBSITE, YOU KNOW? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING ONCE YOU GET THE CARDS, YOU'LL ALSO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

APPRECIATE IT. OKAY.

WE ATTACHED, FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, AN UPDATE OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

[6.5 Review Draft Roles and Responsibilities]

YOU WERE. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CREATE A PACKET THAT WE GAVE TO ALL THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

AND KATELYN.

DID WE EVER CREATE SUCH A THING OR DID WE JUST WE CREATED THE ONEDRIVE BECAUSE.

THAT'S RIGHT. 30 DOCUMENTS.

YEP. SO THAT'S REALLY THE PACKET IN A VIRTUAL FORM.

WE COULD ALWAYS PRINT IT.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF PAPER TO WASTE.

NO, NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

HOW DID. HOW DOES THE MEMBERS REMEMBER TO GO LOOK FOR THE SHAREPOINT? SO I SENT OUT THE LINK ORIGINALLY WHEN WE MADE IT, AND THEN WHEN WE GET A NEW MEMBER, THEY GET AN EMAIL THAT HAS THE THE LINK ATTACHED WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT. SO YOU COULD GO BACK IN YOUR EMAIL, I COULD SEND IT OR SCOTT COULD SEND IT EVERY MONTH WITH THE, WITH THE AGENDA AGENDA.

YEAH, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MAKE IT PUBLIC AND YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, I THINK WE COULD USE A LITTLE REMINDER THAT THIS IS WHERE ALL THIS STUFF LIVES.

YEAH. SO WITH THE ONEDRIVE IS THAT IT'S ONLY THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE ALLOWED.

CAITLIN CAN YOU FILL ME IN ON THIS? IS THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE ALLOWED TO GO IN.

IT ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIED, SO NO PROBLEM SENDING IT OUT.

WE COULD JUST AS WE SEND OUT THE AGENDAS, I KNOW CAITLIN WILL COPY THE THE ACTUAL AGENDA PACKET.

WE COULD JUST ADD THAT ONE DRIVE LINK ON THERE SO THEN THE INDIVIDUAL COULD CLICK ON THAT JUST TO, JUST TO REVIEW IF THEY WANTED TO REVIEW SOME OF THESE DOCUMENTS.

PERFECT THAT.

THAT'S GREAT. IT TAKES A WHILE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET ON THE BOARD AND YOU DON'T MEET FOR 30 DAYS TO REMEMBER ALL THE LITTLE BITS AND PIECES.

SO THAT'S A GREAT REMINDER.

OKAY. WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS SOME CHANGES THAT WE WANTED TO THAT WE THOUGHT NEEDED TO TO TO BE ADDED.

YOU ALL GOT THIS AHEAD OF TIME, SO YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT.

OKAY. SO CAITLIN WENT THROUGH AND TOOK SOME OF MY NOTES AND POPPED THEM IN THERE TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE THOUGHT NOTHING REALLY CONTROVERSIAL HERE.

JUST WANTED TO REFRESH THIS.

ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? I THINK IT LOOKS FINE. I'M OKAY WITH THE BULK OF THE OR THE THE RED CHANGES.

THE ONE I'M NOT THE MOST IN FAVOR OF WOULD BE IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND, YOU CAN SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO BE READ.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO BE HERE IN MY OPINION.

AND I DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO SEND 20 PAGES OF COMMENTS AND HAVE TO READ THOSE OUT LOUD TO US.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE, IN MY OPINION.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING I'D CHANGE IS THAT THE THE ARTS FORUM QUARTERLY SEEMS PRETTY OFTEN, IN MY OPINION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVEN HAD ONE THIS I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST ONE WAS FEBRUARY ARTS THE LEADER FORUM.

OH YES. OKAY. WAS IT THAT? I THOUGHT IT WAS. I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE LAST YEAR.

OH MY GOSH. OKAY. I WAS THERE.

[01:10:02]

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO HOLD OURSELVES TO TO SOMETHING AND OR LET'S SAY WE WANTED TO MEET EVERY MONTH BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, I GUESS, HOLD OURSELVES TO A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME.

BUT THOSE WOULD BE MY TWO MY TWO CHANGES OR SUGGESTIONS.

SO LET ME FIND.

SO I GOT I SAW THE ONE DOWN HERE, THE ONE IN RED IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND.

SO THAT WAS AN ISSUE.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T ATTEND, BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE A STATEMENT MADE, SO YOU SEND IT TO CAITLIN AND SHE HAS IT AS PART OF HER STATEMENT.

I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO SIT THERE AND HAVE A COMMENT ON EVERYTHING ON THE AGENDA, BUT THERE MIGHT BE ONE THING.

YOU'RE YOU'RE REALLY YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING FOR A VOTE AND YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICE IS HEARD, WHETHER YOU GET A VOTE OR NOT.

I MEAN, THAT'S I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE AND DIE ON THAT ONE.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD I THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE.

IF YOU ALL AGREE TO TAKE IT OUT, WE'LL TAKE IT OUT.

AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ABOUT THE FORUM.

THE FORUM NEVER HAPPENED UNTIL LAST YEAR.

WE DID ONE IN SEPTEMBER OF STORY AND SONG.

FELT LIKE THEY WERE HEARING A LOT OF STUFF AND THEY WANTED TO PUT ONE TOGETHER.

SO THEY HOSTED ONE, AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY ALL SAID, HEY, WE REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

SO WE SAID, OKAY, WELL, WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN.

AND WE HOSTED THE NEXT ONE.

SO KIND OF LEFT IT LIKE THAT.

WE MAY NOT EVEN DO ONE UNTIL THE FALL AGAIN.

SO YOU'VE REALLY GOT THREE AND NOT FOUR.

SO THE WORD QUARTERLY CAN GO AWAY.

WE CAN JUST SAY MEETING AS AS NEEDED OR REQUESTED, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

DIDN'T DIDN'T WE DECIDED THE FEBRUARY MEETING THAT WE TRY AND GET TOGETHER AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.

THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT I CAN'T IMAGINE WE WOULD DO ONE SOONER, BUT I CAN'T EITHER.

SO. SO MAYBE THAT'S JUST A WORDING THING.

TWICE A YEAR. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AND THEN THEY CAN ALWAYS DO ANOTHER ONE.

LIKE YOU SAID, IF THEY FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED IT, JUST.

JUST DO IT AGAIN. OKAY.

SO I CAN'T.

IT'S NOT IN RED, SO I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO FIND IT.

YEAH. WHERE IS IT? RIGHT HERE.

OH. OH, IT'S ON THE BACK.

YEAH. OKAY.

YEAH, LET THEM. YEAH. OKAY.

SO AS AS REQUIRED, SHOULD WE CHANGE IT TO THAT? OR WE COULD SAY AS NEEDED.

AS REQUESTED.

YEAH, AS REQUESTED.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

LET'S MAKE THAT CHANGE. SO WE'VE GOT TWO CHANGES.

I NEED THE BOARD TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FEEL ABOUT.

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND.

YOU WANT TO SEND A COMMENT? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OPINION ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, I. I THINK IT'S FINE FOR PEOPLE TO SEND COMMENTS.

I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE READ INTO THE MEETING.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PHRASE THAT IN HERE.

BUT IF SOMEBODY CAN'T COME AND THEY AND I NEED TO LEAVE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER IS WAITING FOR ME.

BUT IF SOMEBODY.

SHE'S TEXTED ME.

I'M OUT FRONT. IF I CAN'T BE HERE AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST AN INPUT INTO THE CONVERSATION FOR PEOPLE TO READ, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEND THAT IN.

SO IF THEY SEND IT TO CAITLIN, SHE WOULD PRINT IT AND SHE WOULD SUBMIT IT AS A PACKET.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT WOULD BE SUBMITTED.

IF IT'S LIKE A JUST A COMMENT, I WOULD JUST SAY IT.

I MEAN, AT LEAST IT GETS IT'S SOMETHING LARGER.

I WOULDN'T ANOTHER SUGGESTION, I GUESS I WOULD SAY IS SOMEONE COULD YOU KNOW, NOW THESE MEETINGS ARE LIVE.

SO IF SOMEONE WHO'S NOT HERE WATCHES THE MEETING BACK AND HAS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO ADD, THEY COULD ALWAYS ADD IT TO THE MINUTES.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION, EXCEPT THE BOARD MEMBERS DON'T HEAR IT.

THEY WOULD BECAUSE AT THE NEXT MEETING THEY WOULD.

IT'S AFTER. IT'S AFTER THE FACT.

YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE OR DIE ON THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO WRITE A 20 PAGE VENDETTA OR SOMETHING TO READ IT OUT LOUD.

WE CAN'T EVEN GET COMMENTS, LET ALONE 20 PAGES.

SO I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM.

IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT, CAN THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PLACE THAT IS AN OPTION? THAT IS. YES, THAT IS AN OPTION.

IT'S ACTUALLY THEY CAN JUST TALK.

IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY THEY CAN HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE.

YEAH. BECAUSE I'M FEELING LIKE A MANY QUESTIONS MAY BE ASKED TO THAT PERSON THAT WE DON'T KNOW OR WANT TO GET CLOSE TO AND GET INVOLVED.

YEAH. SO I, I THINK PROBABLY TAKING IT OUT AND HAVING THE REPRESENTATIVE COME IN IN THAT, IN, IN, IN THAT PLACE, IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE GONE, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN HAVING COMMENTS THAT WE READ COMMENTS

[01:15:06]

YEAH, OKAY, OKAY.

SO THAT'S FINE. SO CAN WE CHANGE IT TO THAT? IF YOU CAN'T MAKE A MEETING, WHERE DOES IT WHERE IS IT? IT SAYS, YEAH. SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING IF WE.

BUT YOU COULD SAY WHAT YOU JUST SAID BECAUSE I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY KNEW THAT.

YEAH. IF WE GO BACK INTO AND I CAN PULL THIS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU CAN ALSO ZOOM. SO IT SAYS ARTS AND CULTURE.

NASSAU WISHES TO AMEND 20 1669 BY AMENDING THE NUMBER OF VOTING MEMBERS, ALLOWING MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZATIONS TO BE AMENDED, ESTABLISHING A QUORUM, ESTABLISHING TWO YEAR TERMS FOR ALL MEMBERS, AND ALLOWING ALTERNATE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS.

SO LET ME CONFIRM THIS, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT WAS CHANGED PREVIOUSLY, WE ACTUALLY HAD PUT IN THERE THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE.

IF YOU'RE IF YOU ARE PART OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU COULD HAVE AN ALTERNATE ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATE, THAT'S THAT'S AS GOOD AS AS ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY. SO LET'S, LET'S FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

AND WE CAN ALSO YOU CAN ALSO ZOOM CALL IN.

THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION.

IF YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN ZOOM IN AS LONG AS THERE'S A QUORUM IN PERSON.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO CAN SHOULD YOU WANT US TO APPROVE EVERYTHING EXCEPT THAT YOU WANT TO JUST WAIT ON THIS TILL TILL YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE WORDING TO AS LONG AS YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATE.

YEAH. SO AS LONG AS.

LET'S. LET'S DO AN APPROVAL WITH EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUT.

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND YOU.

YEAH YOU CAN SEND YOUR COMMENTS IN.

YEAH. COMMENT TO BE READ.

SO LET'S, LET'S DO AN APPROVAL IF EVERYONE'S IN A IN AGREEMENT TO THESE CHANGES WITH THAT TAKEN OUT.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW THE EXACT WORDING, BUT MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS CAN SEND AN OKAY.

RIGHT NOW IT SAYS AN ORGANIZATION MAY DESIGNATE AN ALTERNATE TO THEIR REGULAR MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE.

YES. OKAY.

AND THE ALTERNATE WILL BE EMPOWERED TO ACT IN THE ABSENCE OF A REGULAR REPRESENTATIVE.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS I REID IT IS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS TO BE THE THE BOARD OR EXECUTIVE OF THAT ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO STIPULATE WHO THE ALTERNATE IS.

IT'S NOT JUST LIKE YOU COULDN'T YOU COULDN'T JUST SAY SO-AND-SO FROM THE MUSEUM IS GOING TO COME IN MY PLACE BASED ON THAT.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF I'M READING IT RIGHT.

I THINK YOU ARE READING IT RIGHT.

AND I THINK WHAT WE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS THINK OF THAT PROCESS IN EACH ONE OF YOU.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE JUST THE ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO THINK OF WHO THEIR ALTERNATE WOULD BE AND THEN WE COULD GET THAT APPROVED.

YEAH, SO SO LET'S APPROVE THE UPDATED ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITH TAKING THAT ITEM OUT.

WE FIX THE LAST PAGE AND THEN ALSO WE AS STAFF ARE GOING TO RESEARCH, RESEARCH EXACTLY WHAT AND TALK TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. TO SEE WHAT THAT MEANS ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE AND IF EACH MEMBER COULD HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE AND IF THAT MEMBER HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, OKAYED THROUGH.

YEAH. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE EDITS REMOVING.

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND, YOU CAN SEND AND THE CHANGE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR LEADERS FORUM HELD AS REQUESTED.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, WE'D MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

SO MOVED. PENNY.

THANK YOU. SECOND, SECOND.

THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY? OKAY. VERY GOOD.

APPROVED. THANK YOU.

THIS IS THE NEW ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

VERY GOOD. OKAY, YOU GOT TO GO.

RIGHT. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE.

WHERE ARE WE? PACKET.

DID YOU WERE GOING TO DO THE SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE?

[6.6 Sub-Committee Update]

WE MET TODAY AGAIN AND WE DID FINALIZE THE SURVEY THAT WILL BE GOING OUT TO ALL OF THE MEMBER OR ALL OF THE FIVE, BASICALLY ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ON THE BACK OF THE RACK CARD AND ASKING.

AND IT'S THINGS LIKE WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION? WHO IS YOUR CEO OR BOARD PRESIDENT AND WHO'S FILLING OUT THIS FORM AND WHAT'S THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION AND WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS DO YOU HAVE AND HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS DO YOU HAVE THAT SORT OF THAT SORT OF INFORMATION AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE NEEDS?

[01:20:03]

SO THAT THAT SURVEY WILL BE GOING OUT IN EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW AS A GOOGLE GOOGLE SURVEY FORM.

SO WE SHOULD WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS BY OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

SO WHO EXCUSE ME, WHO IN THE ORGANIZATION, IN THAT ORGANIZATION THAT IN ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE ADDRESSED TO THE SURVEY? THE EMAIL CAITLIN HAS A LIST.

SO THE SAME LIST THAT WE SENT THAT THE LETTER WE REVIEWED EARLIER TO THE FORUM LEADERS, ALL THE LEADERS, ALL THE ART LEADERS.

YEAH, RIGHT.

AND I'LL BE ABLE TO, AT THE NEXT MEETING PULL UP THE QUESTIONNAIRE WITH ALL THE RESPONSES SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY RESPONDED.

SO, SO ACTUALLY I THINK I WOULD LIKE FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS THIS IS GOING TO PUSH THIS BACK A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I THINK THE THE BOARD SHOULD APPROVE WHAT IS BEING SENT OUT.

THEY GOT IT DID IT WAS IN THE PACKET.

OH IT WAS IT WAS IN OUR PACKET.

IT WAS IN YOUR PACKET, NOT IN THEIR ORGANIZATION BUT I AND I HATE AND I HATE TO SAY THAT BUT THE, THE BOARD, THE BOARD, THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS GOING TO REPORT TO THE BOARD THE IT SHOULD NOT BE SENT OUT UNLESS THE BOARD GIVES.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GROUP OF 3 OR 4 PEOPLE SENDING SOMETHING OUT THAT THE BOARD HASN'T SEEN.

SO I DON'T I DON'T WANT IT TO GO OUT UNTIL IT COMES BEFORE THIS THE GROUP.

SO CAN CAN CAN IT HAPPEN WHERE THEY REVIEW IT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND NO, IT HAS TO WAIT 30 DAYS AND I AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT IT IT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS.

RIGHT. GOT IT. OKAY.

AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BE SENT OUT FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE WITHOUT EVERYBODY SEEING IT.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU.

YES. OKAY.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

STAFF COMMENTS WHILE YOU'RE UP AND YOU'RE DOWN, SCOTT'S GOT ANYTHING HE WANTS TO ADD?

[7. STAFF COMMENTS]

JUST A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES IS IN ONE OF THE THINGS WAS GOING TO BE AS CHAIR RESTIANO HAD MENTIONED THE GRANT PROCESS TIMELINE.

I THINK STAFF WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB ON THE BACK END OF THE GRANT PROCESS AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD THAT DISCUSSION.

SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

AND THEN THE LAST I'VE HEARD IS THE PINEY BOWL IS GOING TO, I THINK, PARTICIPATE IN OUR WONDERFUL SHRIMP FEST PARADE.

I BELIEVE THE BIG BALL THAT THE PROJECT THE BALL, BALL, BALL.

B U L L AM I IS THAT MY WISCONSIN ACCENT I PINEY BOWL.

SO SO THERE THERE THERE ARE CERTAIN WORDS.

THERE'S LIKE PROBABLY ABOUT 10 TO 15 WORDS THAT I'LL STILL SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING LIKE WHAT? SO ANYWAYS.

BULL, BULL, BULL, BULL.

OKAY. YEAH. SO HE HE OR SHE IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SHRIMP FEST PARADE AND THEN PLACEMENT AFTER THAT.

SO THEY WILL THEY HAVE THE BULL? I MEAN. I BELIEVE SO.

YES, SIR. OKAY. YEAH.

WE DON'T HAVE A LITTLE ARTS AND CULTURE BANNER THAT KIND OF TRAVELS.

NO, WE DON'T.

WHY WOULD WE HAVE THAT? YEAH.

OKAY. SO THE GRANT THE GRANT PROCESS AFTER THE FACT.

AND THEN NOW I'M HESITANT TO EVEN SAY IT.

THE BULL. SPELL IT IF YOU WANT.

OH, YEAH, THE BULL.

THERE YOU GO. THAT'S IT FOR STAFF.

SO WHY DO YOU HAVE IN 111 OTHER THING IS KATHY.

KATHY COLLINS, IS SHE NOW SHE HAS BEEN WORKING PART TIME WITH THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND SHE WAS RECENTLY HIRED AND NOW IS FULL TIME PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERVISOR.

SO THANK YOU, KATHY, FOR BEING HERE.

SHE'S SHE'S WORKING UNDER KATIE.

SO ANYWAYS, JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHY, WE ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HAVE HER PART OF OUR TEAM AND LOOK FORWARD TO A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT SHE'S GOING TO ACCOMPLISH.

[01:25:05]

SO ACN AS A WHOLE, NO, BUT I WOULD ASSUME LIKE A CAR OR SOMETHING.

YEAH. SO, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO RAISE AWARENESS IS THAT PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY LIKE, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THIS.

BUT NO WE DO NOT.

YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S TOO LATE.

YEAH. FOR THIS YEAR IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE.

THAT'S A THAT IS A GREAT POINT THOUGH.

I WOULD ASSUME SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL SITTING UP HERE ARE PROBABLY.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

CAN WE CHANGE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING? TO THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.

SO NEXT MONTH IS IS JUNE.

IT'LL BE JUNE 5TH.

FIFTH. CAN I HAVE.

THIS IS A SELFISH REASON.

I JUST CAN'T.

I HAVE TO BE OUT OF TOWN FOR KIDS.

GRANDKIDS THING.

AND I FORGOT THE DATE.

YOU SHOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT.

BUT IT'S THE GRIEF I'M GOING TO GET OVER HERE THAT I'M NOT EXCITED.

COME. THE MEETING. SO, SO.

SO I DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

AND I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ME RAMBLING HERE.

YOU CAN ZOOM IN.

SO. BUT I MEAN, YOU CAN BY JUST OPTING NOT TO LET ME DO IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT TO THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION TO THE TO THE 12TH TO MOVE IT TO THE 12TH.

I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN.

SO ALICIA WILL HAVE TO SIT IN.

THAT'S JUNE 12TH INSTEAD OF JUNE 5TH INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE HAVE A PROBLEM.

I MEAN, WE WE DO PREFER NOT TO MOVE MEETINGS, BUT IF.

YEAH, I DON'T ASK FOR MUCH.

NO, YOU DON'T. OTHER THAN MONEY, WHICH I DON'T GET.

SO LET'S GET THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELL, CAN YOU CONFIRM? WELL, SO OKAY, SO THERE IS A THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN.

YEAH. IS THERE A IS EVERY IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? IS THERE ALL IN FAVOR? WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU. AND THERE ARE NO NAYS, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

CAITLIN, I HAVE A FEW THINGS ON.

FIRST, I HAVE THE BOARD COMMENTS.

[8. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]

I WANT YOU TO GO FIRST.

I'LL JUST SAY SO. EVERYONE AT SHRIMP FEST HAVE A SAFE, FUN SHRIMP FEST.

AND THE PARADE IS THURSDAY AT SIX SIX.

YEP, THURSDAY AT SIX. SO IT SOUNDS ON CENTER RIGHT AFTER.

OH, YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? I HAVE A FEW THINGS I JUST WANT TO RUN THROUGH REAL QUICK.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, CAITLIN, YOU'VE GOT WHICH ONE YOU GOT FIRST, WHATEVER YOU WANT.

SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP NEXT FALL.

AND IT'S A T SHIRT, SO I'M GOING TO WEAR THIS T SHIRT AT THE SPRING AT THE SHRIMP FEST.

BUT I WANTED YOU TO GET THE IDEA.

THAT'S THE FRONT AND THE BACK.

THAT HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY ONCE WE CAN TAKE DONATIONS TO MAYBE SELL T SHIRTS.

THIS ISN'T THE DESIGN.

THIS IS JUST SOMETHING FOR ME TO WEAR.

BUT YOU CAN CREATE I'M GOING TO HAVE THE ARTS COMMUNITY HAVE A CONTEST IN THE FALL TO CREATE A T SHIRT FOR US.

OKAY. JUST BECAUSE NOW WE CAN TAKE DONATIONS, SO NOW WE CAN SELL STUFF.

THAT'S THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NEXT THING I HAD WAS THANK YOU WAS WE MADE CHANGES ON THE WEBSITE.

I WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE WEBSITE LATELY AND THOSE CHANGES INCLUDE GOING, FIRST OF ALL, FACEBOOK IS ATTACHED TO CURRENT EVENTS.

IF YOU EVER WANT TO CATCH A CALENDAR, YOU CAN GO THERE AND YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AT IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY.

AND TONY D'AMICO KEEPS THAT PRETTY CURRENT.

ALL RIGHT. BUT THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IN THE I ADDED SOMETHING ABOUT CULTURE.

NO. TELL ME WHEN TO STOP AS SOON AS YOU RUN INTO IT, WHICH SHOULD BE KEEP GOING.

THERE IT IS ON CULTURE.

THE FIRST CLICK WHERE IT SAYS CLICK HERE IN THE MIDDLE.

I ADDED THE 59 NASSAU COUNTY HISTORIC MONUMENTS AND OR WAR MONUMENTS THAT ARE FOUND IN NASSAU COUNTY.

SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US SINCE WE'RE THE CULTURE PROVIDERS TO AT LEAST KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

THIS IS NOT IT. THIS IS THE HISTORY.

I ALSO INCLUDED THAT.

AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE BOTTOM, FIND OUT MORE.

THERE YOU GO. THESE ARE THE MARKERS.

SO I ADDED TWO THINGS TO THE CULTURE SIDE.

SO IT HAD A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE MORE MEAT TO THE BONE.

OKAY. THAT'S THE END OF THAT.

[01:30:01]

I ATTENDED THE ISLAND ART WALK TALK AND I AND I SENT.

DID WE SEND THEM THE NOTES? NO, BUT I'M PULLING THEM UP.

OKAY. SO THEY WANTED TO HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE MAIN STREET AND THE TOURIST BOARD FELT THAT THEY WEREN'T, THAT THIS WAS KIND OF GETTING A LITTLE WORN OUT.

SO THE GALLERY OWNERS, HOWEVER, FELT LIKE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS STILL OKAY.

SO I SAID, OKAY, WHY DON'T WE ALL GO MEET AT JOHN ABBOTT'S PLACE, AN ISLAND ART? AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THAT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID.

THEY PRETTY MUCH LIKED THE IDEA.

I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM ARTRAGEOUS ART WALK.

THE SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

IF YOU WANT THIS DOCUMENT, CAITLIN, YOU COULD SEND IT TO THEM.

YEAH, I'LL SEND IT OUT. OKAY.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER WAY THAT ARTS AND CULTURE CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY AS A RESOURCE AND HELP THEM HAVE A NON NON NOT PREJUDICIAL POINT OF VIEW.

AND I THINK THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THAT RESULT AND I THINK THOSE WERE ALL THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS MONTH.

T SHIRT, WEBSITE ARTWORK AND ANY OF YOU DO THE ARTWORK THING OR HAVE ANY OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATE.

AMELIA ART STUDIOS ON THE MAP AND WE DO IT QUARTERLY.

OH, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THEY'RE CHANGING THE BROCHURE TO A PASSPORT AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT OUT STARTING NEXT WEEK.

AND THE PASSPORT WILL GIVE YOU PRIZES IF YOU GO TO A GALLERY OR IF YOU ATTEND A CLASS AND OR IF YOU DO ANYTHING RELATED TO WHAT THAT GALLERY IS DOING.

AND THE PRIZES ARE MUGS AND HATS AND T SHIRTS AND THAT KIND OF THING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING FOR RESTAURANTS, PASSPORT AND THE SAME THING FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER.

SO THEY'VE THAT'S THE TOURIST BOARD.

THEY'VE REVAMPED THEIR WHOLE APPROACH TO THIS, AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REFRESH THE ART WALK IDEA.

AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE NAME TO SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK, JUST SO PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHAT'S THAT? AND MAYBE THEY'LL PAY ATTENTION TO IT.

BUT OTHERWISE THE GALLERY OWNERS SEEM TO ENJOY IT.

THEIR PROBLEM IS PEOPLE COME AND DRINK THE WINE AND EAT THEIR CHEESE AND DON'T DO ANYTHING.

TWO LADIES SAID THEY NEVER SOLD A THING IN TEN YEARS.

BUT. BUT.

BUT THEY STILL FELT LIKE, WELL, MAYBE THEY CAME BACK ON TUESDAY AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT.

AND THEY BOUGHT SOMETHING.

SO THEY FELT LIKE THEY WANTED TO KEEP THIS THING GOING.

IT'S EIGHTH STREET, THE GALLERY ON GALLERIES ON ATLANTIC AND ALL THE DOWNTOWN OMNI IS NOT PART OF THAT THING.

SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION AND I THANKED ISLAND ART FOR PUTTING IT ON.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND.

SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.